Scripture politics
Subtitle: Ulster Presbyterians and Irish radicalism in the late eighteenth century
By: I.R. McBride.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Presbyterians -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- History -- 18th century.; Christianity and politics -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century.; Radicalism -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century.; Ireland -- Politics and government -- 18th century.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Politics and government.; Ireland -- History -- 1760-1820.
Description: One of the greatest ironies of Irish history is that republicanism began not with the Catholics but with the Presbyterians of Ulster. This book explores the role they played in the birth of Irish nationalism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-263) and index.